Loved Jackie Wilson and Elvis growing up. I never knew his life story until yesterday. In 1975 i was married and just had my 3rd kid. I worked a lot and played all my records. Jackie, Elvis,Sam Cooke, Temtations, Four Tops, The Drifters, Bobby Darin etc. They should make a Movie
Thanks to all 3 of you for such a wonderful interview I had the pleasure of seeing Jackie Wilson in Jackson MS back in the day at the MS Coliseum and needless to say Jackie Wilson turned it out he was such a dynamic entertainer and he will always be in my heart as one of the greatest of all time RIP you will live thru your music and legacy as the great Jackie Wilson once again thanks for this wonderful story
Very nice interview.....all of this is long overdue....Jackie Wilson's extraordinary talent deserved movie documentaries etc after his tragic collapse on stage in 1975. Jackie deserved first class medical care rather than the 3rd class care he sustained in New Jersey...So sad ....Any way it was really nice to finally see his daughter Brenda and his good friend and soulful guitarist Billy Davis ( a legend in my opinion ) . ....I was fortunate to have known Jackie Wilson as I was a recording engineer in New York City and saw him perform many times at the Apollo theatre during the middle 1960s.. In the history of rock and roll and great recording artists Jackie Wilson remains unmatched .
keithchanner.....If you check out my UTUBE playlist titled ....." JACKIE WILSON'S BEST "....and look at the last 85 posts on the list , you will see the photograph of Jackie Wilson and myself backstage at the New York City Apollo theatre .
@@mikevallen999 all we ever hear about him is negativity, he worked with the mob, he was a rapist, he treated women like garbage etc etc. I’ve never seen a single documentary on him. They’ve got all these artists with movies made about them, Elvis, Freddy Mercury, etc. Where is Jackie Wilson’s movie and documentary that even gets a cinema release like all these others? I think it’s all the bad stories about him that has kept him from being as well known as those who borrowed from him.
What an absolute joy to hear from Jackie's daughter Brenda and one of Jackie's truest friends and brilliant guitarist Billy Davis - just a shame it's not longer as Jackie's fans could listen all day about Jackie Wilson! Does anybody know how to order the book mentioned if living in England? x
Check out this book by Tony Douglas...www.amazon.co.uk/Jackie-Wilson-Teardrops-Tony-Douglas/dp/0415974305/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1503649661&sr=1-2&keywords=lonely+teardrops+by+tony+douglas
The biggest connection Jackie Wilson had was with Elvis Presley the two of them were the same one black 1 white my influence each other and bounced off each other so well so much that's the main important thing that should have been mentioned and when he had his stroke his hospital bills were paid not by Berry Gordy or anyone else they were paid by a Elvis Presley that's the bond between them too
Here is part of the text I wrote in my column a few years back. I have yet to change my mind: 'With all of the so-called docudrama movies (Ray, La-Bamba, Lyman, Dream Girls, Elvis, Temptations, Janis Joplin, etc.) they've made over the past thirty-five years, I fail to understand why a movie has yet to be to be made with an unbelievable story, about an unbelievable talent, with an unbelievable voice, wrapped up in an unbelievable tragedy no screenwriter could ever devise. WHY NOT? Maybe the bigger problem would be 'Just who would play Jackie?' Let's face it, Jamie Foxx raised the bar so high in RAY, that no one watching the movie thought they were watching anyone BUT Ray Charles. Jamie Foxx was in awe of Ray Charles. Foxx was obsessed with getting it right, whoever the actor is that would play Wilson MUST have the same focus. Plain & simple. That's the kind of performance that needs to be done with Jackie's story. For all the money Gordy made off of Wilson, HE (alone) should do it. Or maybe the Nat Tarnapol family? Then again, if those two entities were involved, it would be a 'hack' job, and not the truth that needs to come out. If only Taylor Hackford would do the same (quality of movie) for Jackie that he did for RAY. Until then, Jackie & his contributions will remain largely unknown to many generations RIP great one!' jmo
Ed Weichsler First of all , Jackie's Brunswick record label and management cheated him out of his royalties earnings.....when he collapsed on stage in the year 1975 he was in the midst of legal litigations against his management....there was also a mob entanglement.....therefore a movie on Jackie could involve exposing liable and risky lawsuits.....it's complicated and a mess. Read the book by Tony Douglas titled " Jackie Wilson , The Man , The Music and The Mob " ......Tony feared for his life after the truth in the book was published and I believe he left this country and went back to Australia . Anyway if ever a movie on Jackie would be made there is only one artist that would have the potential to carry the charisma that Jackie posessed...that singer would have been Terence Trent Darby.....unfortunately Terence left the the business.....He feared for his life and is now a Buddhist ....check out his fantastic recording of " Who's Loving You "....it's on Utube . By the way I was New York City recording engineer and a friend of Jackie Wilson and you can see a photo of myself and Jackie Wilson in the " Google+ " app under " Jackie Wilson's Best "....just scroll down to the photos . I hope this has been useful .
Ed Weichsler I beg to differ on one point. Nat Tarnapol owned the Brunswick Label at the time. Barbara Walters did a documentary on this. They shafted Jackie big time. On the label they allegedly, wrote,produced, directed his song. Funny how a 6wk old baby was the producer!!!! They took millions off Jackie. What they did was incomprehensible to me. They also did it to other groups of color, such as The Marvelettes, Please Mr. Postman and others. Complete scheisters! They would never do a movie about Jackie bcs I am pretty damned sure their seedy involvement would be brought to light, as it very well should be. Jackie died a pauper and placed in a seedy nursing home. He was more or less a vegetable waiting for death. Michael Jackson bought a head stone for his grave and God bless him for that. One of the greatest singers of all time is virtually a unknown!
look at the audience, this a time when prejudice was being smashed out not amplified blacks and whites were getting it together, knowing we are all one
This man had the most beautiful voice. He should have been bigger and such underrated talent. Listening to him I hear how Patti LaBelle was influenced by him
Jackie, was one of my main men, for his vibes, but like many of these talented artists, so many were truly ripped off financially by, lets say fake businessmen. You commit fraud, then that discounts you from being a true businessman, you're just a common crook, and should be locked up as bad boy's.
They’d never make a movie about him because then they’d actually have to elevate a very talented black man to play him. And this industry isn’t about propping up talented brothers for success. They prop up the half-assed mediocre ones. Avery Wilson would do great as Jackie Wilson.
@@mikevallen999 in the picture on the thumbnail here it shows that Jackie’s son co-wrote it, but now the covers been changed a bit and just his daughter Brenda has the writing credit
@@daweilee1986 ...That is not so unusual...when a book might be published as a second edition , writer's credits ( for royalty pay outs etc.) could be updated.
So basically the book is based on other peoples’ recollections and not about her actual experiences with her dad. Billy Davis’ claim to fame is that he was always in the background with some of the greatest soul singers while having no distinction of his own. His greatest achievement is that he lived to be an old man with a ridiculous wig while Sam, Jackie, Otis and an endless list of great singers died young.
Can't believe there has never been a movie made about his life. What is Hollywood waiting for? Or do they only do movies of the white artists of that generation?
Now we are talking about a true entertainer of the 1st order! The Michael J ackson of my era minus the lip syching that is alright today. Jackie was IS ....BAD !!!I I saw him at the Brooklyn Fox when I was a kid, and I can still see it and Im 63 years old ! The mob destroyed that man , and Elvis copied that Man's style verbatim ! Elvis was the white Jackie, on the real side !
Jackie Wilson’s own words, “ I took as much from Elvis as he took from me. “Also Jackie “ if. Could be a DJ fir one hour, I’d spend the entire hour playing Elvis records as he’s been there in my career “ ….yes, he said that and it’s hear on UA-cam in one of his interviews ! Neither would want to hear anyone dusting the other !
What is this all about is this racist or what why not mentioned Elvis Presley Elvis Presley was one of his best friends in Love Elvis Presley so why not mention Elvis why mention only other black singers they go on with it got on with white people as well his best friend as I said was Elvis Presley he loved Elvis he was asked in an interview but he said he wanted to be a DJ the DJ said what music would you play he said mainly Elvis Presley
Understood. With regards to them being racist, I would argue that that is not likely it. Note that , a number of Elvis songs were taken from his Black counterparts. Many radio stations , at that time, would not play 'Black music' and black artist had no recourse when someone, in this case, Elvis, would take their songs and re-record them. If anything, Elvis should have thanked them for many of his 'hits'.
Loved Jackie Wilson since 1970 …..all my 7 children have listened to his songs and love him too ……….he rocks in our house ♥️♥️♥️💯🙏🏻
He was my favorite Black singer
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Loved Jackie Wilson and Elvis growing up. I never knew his life story until yesterday. In 1975 i was married and just had my 3rd kid. I worked a lot and played all my records. Jackie, Elvis,Sam Cooke, Temtations, Four Tops, The Drifters, Bobby Darin etc. They should make a Movie
Mr. Jackie Wilsin was a performer extraordinaire.His sh9ws were truly, truly exceptional. His daughter is beautiful.
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Danny Boy, Showcased his Awesome talent and vocal range...
"Lord have mercy!"
"Take me to church!"
"Can I get a witness!!"
Jackie Wilson daughter look just like him.Such a beautiful lady
YES SHE IS BEAUTUFUL & TALENTED ALSO..💙💙
Jackie Wilson, was the greatest!
Period!
Thanks to all 3 of you for such a wonderful interview I had the pleasure of seeing Jackie Wilson in Jackson MS back in the day at the MS Coliseum and needless to say Jackie Wilson turned it out he was such a dynamic entertainer and he will always be in my heart as one of the greatest of all time RIP you will live thru your music and legacy as the great Jackie Wilson once again thanks for this wonderful story
Very nice interview.....all of this is long overdue....Jackie Wilson's extraordinary talent deserved movie documentaries etc after his tragic collapse on stage in 1975.
Jackie deserved first class medical care rather than the 3rd class care he sustained in New Jersey...So sad
....Any way it was really nice to finally see his daughter Brenda and his good friend and soulful guitarist Billy Davis ( a legend in my opinion ) .
....I was fortunate to have known Jackie Wilson as I was a recording engineer in New York City and saw him perform many times at the Apollo theatre during the middle 1960s..
In the history of rock and roll and great recording artists Jackie Wilson remains unmatched .
I'd like to see that photo do i just type in your name on google +? also did you work on any of his recordings as recording engineer?
keithchanner.....If you check out my UTUBE playlist titled ....." JACKIE WILSON'S BEST "....and look at the last 85 posts on the list , you will see the photograph of Jackie Wilson and myself backstage at the New York City Apollo theatre .
@@mikevallen999 I can't find it. How did you find him? What was he like as a person?
@@daweilee1986.....Jackie Wilson was a great guy ....very friendly...very generous .....and an amazing talent 🌟🌟.
@@mikevallen999 all we ever hear about him is negativity, he worked with the mob, he was a rapist, he treated women like garbage etc etc. I’ve never seen a single documentary on him. They’ve got all these artists with movies made about them, Elvis, Freddy Mercury, etc. Where is Jackie Wilson’s movie and documentary that even gets a cinema release like all these others? I think it’s all the bad stories about him that has kept him from being as well known as those who borrowed from him.
A great black African performer grew up watching him.
Beautiful family; happy father's day, rip.
Jackie was awesome singer and entertainer. how ruthless were those record companies to American african performers
When will a movie b made about this amazing artist? also his son bobby Wilson look's just like him
His son looks like him. But he can’t sing like him.
What a delightful lady, she must be so proud to be the daughter of the fabulous Jackie Wilson. 🥴
About time, I had a chance to see Jackie in Houston, Texas. Best show .My song I love ❤ Danny boy 👦.
So True! Danny Boy, "Showcased" his Awesome talent and vocal range...
"Lord have mercy!"
"Take me to church!"
"Can I get a witness!!"
What an absolute joy to hear from Jackie's daughter Brenda and one of Jackie's truest friends and brilliant guitarist Billy Davis - just a shame it's not longer as Jackie's fans could listen all day about Jackie Wilson! Does anybody know how to order the book mentioned if living in England? x
Add me to the list i'd like to get that book, I can see the resemblance of her and Jackie.
Hi keithchanner. Yes the resemblance is uncanny! Still trying to find a way of ordering the book...
Check out this book by Tony Douglas...www.amazon.co.uk/Jackie-Wilson-Teardrops-Tony-Douglas/dp/0415974305/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1503649661&sr=1-2&keywords=lonely+teardrops+by+tony+douglas
@@PutOnASweater The book of Tony Douglas is full of fabrication you might want to threw the book across the room!
His daughter Brenda seems like a sweet humble lady, I'd like to get a copy of this book she wrote about her legendary Dad.
The biggest connection Jackie Wilson had was with Elvis Presley the two of them were the same one black 1 white my influence each other and bounced off each other so well so much that's the main important thing that should have been mentioned and when he had his stroke his hospital bills were paid not by Berry Gordy or anyone else they were paid by a Elvis Presley that's the bond between them too
Here is part of the text I wrote in my column a few years back. I have yet to change my mind:
'With all of the so-called docudrama movies (Ray, La-Bamba, Lyman, Dream Girls, Elvis, Temptations, Janis Joplin, etc.) they've made over the past thirty-five years, I fail to understand why a movie has yet to be to be made with an unbelievable story, about an unbelievable talent, with an unbelievable voice, wrapped up in an unbelievable tragedy no screenwriter could ever devise. WHY NOT? Maybe the bigger problem would be 'Just who would play Jackie?' Let's face it, Jamie Foxx raised the bar so high in RAY, that no one watching the movie thought they were watching anyone BUT Ray Charles. Jamie Foxx was in awe of Ray Charles.
Foxx was obsessed with getting it right, whoever the actor is that would play Wilson MUST have the same focus. Plain & simple. That's the kind of performance that needs to be done with Jackie's story. For all the money Gordy made off of Wilson, HE (alone) should do it. Or maybe the Nat Tarnapol family? Then again, if those two entities were involved, it would be a 'hack' job, and not the truth that needs to come out.
If only Taylor Hackford would do the same (quality of movie) for Jackie that he did for RAY. Until then, Jackie & his contributions will remain largely unknown to many generations
RIP great one!'
jmo
Ed Weichsler First of all , Jackie's Brunswick record label and management cheated him out of his royalties earnings.....when he collapsed on stage in the year 1975 he was in the midst of legal litigations against his management....there was also a mob entanglement.....therefore a movie on Jackie could involve exposing liable and risky lawsuits.....it's complicated and a mess.
Read the book by Tony Douglas titled " Jackie Wilson , The Man , The Music and The Mob " ......Tony feared for his life after the truth in the book was published and I believe he left this country and went back to Australia .
Anyway if ever a movie on Jackie would be made there is only one artist that would have the potential to carry the charisma that Jackie posessed...that singer would have been Terence Trent Darby.....unfortunately Terence left the the business.....He feared for his life and is now a Buddhist ....check out his fantastic recording of " Who's Loving You "....it's on Utube .
By the way I was New York City recording engineer and a friend of Jackie Wilson and you can see a photo of myself and Jackie Wilson in the " Google+ " app under " Jackie Wilson's Best "....just scroll down to the photos .
I hope this has been useful .
Mike Vallen Jackie Wilson's best
Ed Weichsler I beg to differ on one point. Nat Tarnapol owned the Brunswick Label at the time. Barbara Walters did a documentary on this. They shafted Jackie big time. On the label they allegedly, wrote,produced, directed his song. Funny how a 6wk old baby was the producer!!!! They took millions off Jackie. What they did was incomprehensible to me. They also did it to other groups of color, such as The Marvelettes, Please Mr. Postman and others. Complete scheisters! They would never do a movie about Jackie bcs I am pretty damned sure their seedy involvement would be brought to light, as it very well should be. Jackie died a pauper and placed in a seedy nursing home. He was more or less a vegetable waiting for death. Michael Jackson bought a head stone for his grave and God bless him for that. One of the greatest singers of all time is virtually a unknown!
look at the audience, this a time when prejudice was being smashed out not amplified blacks and whites were getting it together, knowing we are all one
This man had the most beautiful voice. He should have been bigger and such underrated talent. Listening to him I hear how Patti LaBelle was influenced by him
I love that the Ghostbusters used one of Jackie Wilson songs to make the Statue of Liberty 🗽 to walk down Fifth avenue.
Yesssssssssssssssss
when is the book coming out and how can I get it?
so so great, wow
Fond memories of Jackie, 😍❤️🥰🥰🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🎵🎵🎵🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🤗🎂💋😍❤️
THE MOVIE???
Thank you
Billy, is that MARY'S wig from 227 ?
You hush😂😂 but that hair hat is something else fa sho
Jackie, was one of my main men, for his vibes, but like many of these talented artists, so many were truly ripped off financially by, lets say fake businessmen. You commit fraud, then that discounts you from being a true businessman, you're just a common crook, and should be locked up as bad boy's.
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He has some strong genetics because his daughter looks just like him and so does his son that was given up for adoption
Why they take his daughter off UA-cam
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They’d never make a movie about him because then they’d actually have to elevate a very talented black man to play him. And this industry isn’t about propping up talented brothers for success. They prop up the half-assed mediocre ones. Avery Wilson would do great as Jackie Wilson.
Voice as good as david ruffin
Is this not coming out now or was the title changed? I found a book by Brenda on Amazon that has a different cover
@@daweilee1986 ....I never checked out the book by Brenda Wilson, so I don't know.
@@mikevallen999 in the picture on the thumbnail here it shows that Jackie’s son co-wrote it, but now the covers been changed a bit and just his daughter Brenda has the writing credit
@@daweilee1986 ...That is not so unusual...when a book might be published as a second edition , writer's credits ( for royalty pay outs etc.) could be updated.
Stop putting him down all of those other singers were doing the same thing
Your lady.luv u jack.
So basically the book is based on other peoples’ recollections and not about her actual experiences with her dad. Billy Davis’ claim to fame is that he was always in the background with some of the greatest soul singers while having no distinction of his own. His greatest achievement is that he lived to be an old man with a ridiculous wig while Sam, Jackie, Otis and an endless list of great singers died young.
That is not nice or necessary 👈🏾👊🏽‼️
His children should receive all the money and royalties
What’s the name of the book?
3:20 he got his lyrics wrong
People God made two of every thing and with free will he gave us all.
I love Billy's hair.
Can't believe there has never been a movie made about his life. What is Hollywood waiting for? Or do they only do movies of the white artists of that generation?
Brenda and AKT loook like kinfolk 👁👁😢
Alexxys K Tylor hiz otha dawda 👩🏽🦱shudda been included in diss video 2 bruh💯🤔🤨🤷🏽♂️💪🏽 Queen 👸🏽 “VAGiNA POWER”✊🏽☝🏽
EAST ATL Facts
Madame Moiselle Indeed🤷🏽♂️🤔🤨
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White people called him the Black Elvis , God made two of every thing and added free will
It's too bad he didn't have a better manager. Too many times, a bad manager gets the money that the artist should.
Now we are talking about a true entertainer of the 1st order! The Michael J ackson of my era minus the lip syching that is alright today. Jackie was IS ....BAD !!!I I saw him at the Brooklyn Fox when I was a kid, and I can still see it and Im 63 years old ! The mob destroyed that man , and Elvis copied that Man's style verbatim ! Elvis was the white Jackie, on the real side !
Charles Stevens Thank you for sharing that with us.
Jackie Wilson’s own words, “ I took as much from Elvis as he took from me. “Also Jackie “ if. Could be a DJ fir one hour, I’d spend the entire hour playing Elvis records as he’s been there in my career “ ….yes, he said that and it’s hear on UA-cam in one of his interviews ! Neither would want to hear anyone dusting the other !
What is this all about is this racist or what why not mentioned Elvis Presley Elvis Presley was one of his best friends in Love Elvis Presley so why not mention Elvis why mention only other black singers they go on with it got on with white people as well his best friend as I said was Elvis Presley he loved Elvis he was asked in an interview but he said he wanted to be a DJ the DJ said what music would you play he said mainly Elvis Presley
Alan, did you drop out of school ? Or, do you stutter and was reading out loud while you were typing ?
@@Texas-tp3vj I've got no hands
Understood. With regards to them being racist, I would argue that that is not likely it. Note that , a number of Elvis songs were taken from his Black counterparts. Many radio stations , at that time, would not play 'Black music' and black artist had no recourse when someone, in this case, Elvis, would take their songs and re-record them. If anything, Elvis should have thanked them for many of his 'hits'.
Worst wig I've seen
left out he was a rapist as stated by many female singers
No way....